I met a traveller where I was staying in Bangkok, he said that after living in Fresno all his life and spending some vacation time in Vietnam he has been travelling for over 14 years through all of Southeast Asia and cannot fathom himself going back. He highly recommended the Phillippinnes as paradise and gave me a very good route to go back to Phnom Penh through Vietnam (by speedboat!). Anyway, I don't know if its my debts in the US or my share of bad experiences in there but I really do not want to go back . What I am thinking about doing is to settle the debts after working the oil rigs in Canada, earn some money and get a job there to place me in Southeast Asia.
By coming here I realized there really is no place for somebody like me in a country where people sacrifice their joy of life for money (no offense my US friends, I still care deeply about you, but its time for me to move on from your country).
Now Southeast Asia is a mixed bag like anywhere else. I like Thailand, its such a beautiful country, but my heart just stayed in Cambodia, from the food to the people to the family life, I know that if I was not born there, that is likely where I'll be buried...
Now, I do want to move east of here since Burma is very close and the sadness of the catastrophe can only be paralleled with that of the Tsunami in 2005 or the Pakistan Earthquake that same year, to top things off, there is another cyclone about to hit Burma again, the grief felt around these areas is like nothing else I have ever seen... My acupuncturist told me today that she believes that we have altered the equilibrium of the core of the earth and even though its a pretty metaphoric thing to say I have a hard time not believing her.
Enjoy this video, product of a military regime backed by the Chinese and US governments:
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
No comments:
Post a Comment